Dim Lights, Thick Smoke & Hillbilly Music: Country & Western Hit Parade 1946 [Import]

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 9, 2008)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Bear Family
• ASIN: B001H7G31U
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #94,655 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. THE BUCHANAN BROTHERS - Atomic Power

2. ERNEST TUBB - Rainbow At Midnight

3. EDDY ARNOLD - That's How Much I Love You

4. COWBOY COPAS - Filipino Baby

5. AL DEXTER - Wine, Women, And Song

6. BOB WILLS - New Spanish Two Step

7. ELTON BRITT Someday

8. MERLE TRAVIS - No Vacancy

9. ROY ACUFF - No One Will Ever Know

10. BRAD BRADY (OWEN BRADLEY) - Zeb's Mountain Boogie

11. GENE AUTRY - I Wish I Had Never Met Sunshine

12. COWBOY COPAS - Tragic Romance

13. DELMORE BROTHERS - Hillbilly Boogie

14. THE BAILES BROTHERS - As Long As I Live

15. BILL

16. MONROE - Rocky Road Blues

17. GRANDPA JONES - Eight More Miles To Louisville

18. MERLE TRAVIS - Dark As A Dungeon

19. THE MORRIS BROTHERS - Salty Dog Blues

20. HARRY CHOATES - Jole Blon (Pretty Blond)

See all 29 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

For many years, we've been getting requests to do a truly definitive country series, but it wasn't until the success of our R&B/Soul series, Blowin' The Fuse (now Sweet Soul Music') that we decided we needed to do something comparable for country music. Now the first six volumes are complete, taking us from 1945-1950. The country series has been compiled with today's fans in mind. Yes, the big hits are there, but so are the classic performances that weren't necessarily big hits at the time, but became influential in the years ahead. Every volume has incredibly detailed behind-the-scenes stories, fabulously rare photos, and an ongoing history of country music set against the backdrop of the broader American music business. Definitive? You bet!

1946 begins with the Buchanan Brothers' Atomic Power and includes the original versions of Someday (You'll Want Me To Want You), Jole Blon and Ruby, as well as the recordings by Bill Monroe that marked the birth of bluegrass, plus classic hits by Bob Wills, Ernest Tubb, Tex Ritter, The Delmore Brothers, Merle Travis, Roy Acuff, Ernest Tubb, and many others.

Customer Reviews

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5.0 out of 5 stars Don't keep it a secret!, June 26, 2011

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G. Brickwood (Little Meadows, PA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dim Lights Thick Smoke & Hillbilly: 1946 (Audio CD)

I admit I'm not an expert but, I listened to a few samples here and I'm pretty sure I heard many of the artists
who made these songs hits. Eddy Arnold, Ernest Tubb, Merle Travis (No Vacancy & Dark as a Dungeon)
and maybe even Harry Choates doing Jolie Blon.

C'mon guys if it is good enough to collect and publish and it's by the original artists say so!